Candy package



Nov, 7, 1939. w. J. McDoNALD CANDY PACKAGE Filed Aug. 25, 1958 ...MHA

Patented Nov. 7, 1939 STATES PATET PFE CANDY PACKAGE Application August25,

` 4 Claims. 'Ihis invention relates to packages and has for l itsprincipal object the provision of a simple and eliicient package, whichcan cheaply and conveniently be assembled to present a pleasingappearance.

A second object of this invention is to provide a candy `package inwhich the tray holding the candies or other material is made in threeparts, not scored as usual, but perforated so as to provide a clean lineoi cleavage, whereby the central panel may contain a picture of a setand the purchaser may collect sets as in other arrangements, such forexample, as the pictures of actresses which were formerly packed withcigarettes.

In the drawing:

Figure l is an end View of my package.

Figure 2 is a bottom plan View.

Figure 3 is a top plan View.

In the embodiment illustrated the material to be packaged is representedas four candy pieces l0, such for example as hard sugar cigarettes.These white cigarettes are the length of the package but the total widthof the cigarettes is appreciably less than the width of the package inorder to present a more pleasing appearance and also better to protectthe article. The cigarettes may be perfectly plain but I prefer tostipple the ends i l with edible red coloring material to represent theburning end of a tobacco cigarette.

The tray consists of three panels, a central panel it andtwo side panelsI5. Instead of being scored where bent the tray is characterized by theprovision of a series of close perforations I6 so that while the threepanels of the tray may hold together firmly in transit, it will bepossible after the package has been opened to break from the tray thetwo end panels l5 which may be discarded and the central panel It issaved to form a set. The length of the panel I4 is the same as thelength of the cigarettes but its width is greater than the combinedWidth of all the cigarettes so that in packaging the goods the two endpanels i5 when engaging the sides of the cigarettes, as at il', willform an acute angle as at i8 with the bottom or main panel of the tray.

In order to make the main panel of the tray attractive and add to thesales of the candy, each main panel carries an illustration forming oneof ra series and leaving only a small space I9 for the advertisement.The entire sides of the end panels l5, however, carry advertising andthese are readily visible when the candy package is on display. In theform illustrated in, Figure 2, the main panel carries a picture bearinga letter 2t which is one of the series and is for 1938, Serial- No.226,795 (Cl. 99-180) example the initial of the animal illustrated as atil. As shown in Figure l, the transparent covering holds the side panelsof the tray in contact with the hard candy cylinders, protects the candycontents, and keeps the picture on the bottom of the main panel cleanwithout affecting its visibility. It is my preference to form the trayof fairly stiff material such as a good grade of cardboard and to use afairly heavy surface so as to take a nice lithographic impression. Theinvention, however, is not limited to any details other than as calledfor in the claims.

What I claim is:

l. A candy package comprising a plurality of elongated hard candycylinders placed parallel with their axes lying in a single plane, athreepanel cardboard tray supporting said cylinders, having a main panelof the length of the cylinders and having a width slightly greater thanthe width of the assembled parallel cylinders so that the side panels ofthe tray when engaging the cylinders shall form an acute angle with themain portion of the tray, and a transparent covering for the tray andcontents, said transparent covering holding the` side panels of the trayin Contact with the hard candy cylinders.

2. The device of claim 1 in which the vertex of the acute angle at eachside of the main panel is perforated to facilitate a clean separation ofthe three panels when the package is opened for use, whereby the sidepanels may be discarded and the central panel saved for other purposes,as for example, to form an illustrated card of a series of cards.

3. A candy package for candy of unyielding type such as candycigarettes, comprising a sheet of cardboard having on one face a surfaceto take a lithographie impression, and having two parallel lines ofperforations dividing the sheet into a main body and two relativelynarrow side panels, said perforations facilitating the ready discardingof the side panels when the candy contents are removed from the package,a plurality of hard cylindrical candies on the main body of less totalwidth than the body, and a transparent covering extending smoothing overthe top and the bottom of the package to protect both the candy and thelithographie impression and also to hold the side panels against thecandies.

4. A candy container comprising a tray of a body and two side panels, aplurality of hard candies extending from side to side of the body ormain panel but short of the width thereof so that the side panels willapproach one another at their free edges and means for holding said sidepanels against the candies.

WILLIAM J. MCDONALD.

